Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-29
The Murkrille Gnqnirer,
YORKVILLE. 8. C. {:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1887.
THE CROP OUTLOOK.

lima weather service, furnishes the fol-
lowing data concerning the effect of the
weather on the various crops in the State
during the week ending June 25:
Rainfall.-The general rains that have
occurred have brought the rainfall up to
about the average, except in the seaboard
counties and in some sections of Hampton,
where a deficiency is reported. Up to the
22d corn was suffering for rain, but the OPP
perfume showers which occurred on that
date and until the Oath, came in time to
prevent serious injury, and the crop has
now recovered and is in fine growing con-
dition.
Temperature.-The temperature has
been about, or slightly above, the average.
Its effect on corn has been rather unfavor-
able: for cotton it was favorable.
Sunshine.-The percentage Of sunshine
has been about the average.
Condition of Crops.-All crops were ia
vorably affected by the climatic condition
of the week, especially of the latter part.
The refreshing rains have revived vege-
tation, and all cropsa are now in a promis-
ing condition. Harvesting is over and
grain has been housed in fine condition.
Chinch bugs are reported as doing some
damage in Lancaster and Chesterfield
counties.
THE WASHINGTON REPORT.
The signal Office at Washington has is
sued the following weather crop bulletin
for the week ending last Saturday:
During the week the weather has been
slightly cooler than the average for the
week in all the agricultural districts east
of the Rocky Mountains, while it has been
warmer than usual on the Pacific coast.
In the States of the upper Mississippi n
Missouri valleys and upper Lake region,
the daily average temperature ranged from
80 to 70 below normal, while on the Attain
tic coast, south of New England, and in
the cotton and tobacco regions, the tenn
perature differed but slightly from the nor
NAL. In northern California, Oregon and
Washington Territory the average daily
excess of temperature for the week ranged
from 40 to 100.
The excess of temperature for the season
from January l to June Is, amounting toa
daily average of from 10 to %, continues
over the cotton region, the central Missis-
sippi valley ard thence westward to the
Rocky Mountains, while in all other agri-
cultural districts, except at isolated sta
tons, the daily average daily temperature
for the season differs less than 10 from nor
NAL.
During the week the rainfall has been
in excess in all the States on the Atlantic
coast, along the immediate east Gulf coast,
and in western Missouri and eastern Kan
sas, the heaviest rainfalls occurring along
the middle Atlantic coast. In the Missis-
sippi, Ohio and and Missouri valleys there
was less rain than usual, the deficiency
amounting to about an inch in the States
of the Mississippi valley. The large sea-
sonal deficiency of rainfall exceeding ten
inches, continues over the cotton region,
and a seasonal deficiency, exceeding hve
inches, exists in Illinois, Wisconsin and
Iowa. In all other sections the rainfall for
the season differs slightly from normal.
The weather during the week has been
generally favorable for the principal crops.
The rains in the South Atlantic States
doubtless improved the condition of the
staple crop in that region. More rain is
needed in the cotton region, and the IN,
dications are that rain will occur in the
lower Mississippi and Ohio valleys by
Monday afternoon. The weather has been
favorable for harvesting in the wheat
regions, there having been an excess Of
sunshine and very little rain. In the corn
region the weather has been generally
favorable, although in some localities
more rain is needed, and the cool weather
of the past week must have slightly re-
tarded the growth of the corn crop.
In New England, where haying is now
in progress, the conditions have been
especially favorable to the hay crop. All
the CROPS in this section and in the Middle
Atlantic States have been improved by
rains, although in the northern portions Of
New England and New York there has
been less than the usual amount of SUM-
shine, attended with cold weather.
THE CAROLINA MIDLAND ROUTE
The Union Times is strongly in favor of a
railroad connection with Charlotte. 1t
says it has always given preference to
Charlotte over any other point, and adds:
ut is now quite probable that our pref
erence will be endorsed by the 3 C's road,
as we learn that the engineer now in
command of the survey from Newberry
to Union has been instructed to continue
the line in that direction, through York
county. Of course we may expect thai
more than one line of survey will be made,
and that the line offering the greatest adj
v~antages, in the way of present aid in
building and the best business prospects,
will be selected. The location of gin
houses and prospective towns are not now
considered in selecting railroad lines, but
the shortest and cheapest route from and
to the most important termini, insuring
the best connections with first class roads
running to the great business marts of the
country, are the main controlling lnfiu-
ences in deciding railroad routes, and we
have no doubt that these great considera-
lions will determine the route Of the 3 Cs
upon this form. While we have inter
posed no objection to the other points
generally spoken of on the Airline road,
we have always felt that Charlotte offered
better and more general outlets and would
give more liberal aid in money than all
Of them combined, to a road through this
section of our State, while the many con-
nections at that point would operate as q
competing line and give us more direct out
lets to the best markets in every part OF
the United States than any other point we
could select. If money, strenuous efforts
and superior advantages will have any
weight in determining the route beyond
Union, it will 20 in that direction, ~.'artic-
ularly as it will only change the junction
with the main lines from a point on the
Airline to a point lower down in York
county,"
FROM ROANOKE TO Charlottesville.
w. V. Lomax, of New York, was in the
city yesterday in the interest of the new
railroad from Roanoke, Virginia, to Char
lotte, n. G. This is a railroad that is
coming if our people will only invite it.
Mr.. Lomax represents a New York syndl-
cate of railroad builders who have already
secured the right of way between Roanoke
and Winston, in this State, and who have
guaranteed the completion of the road
between those points within two years. 1t
is the intention of the company to bring
the road from Winston to Charlotte, where
it will strike an independent line for
Charleston and Augusta. At Roanoke